Background

City, University of London is a global university committed to academic excellence with a focus on business and the professions and an enviable central London location.

City attracts around 19,500 students (35% postgraduate level) from more than 150 countries and staff from over 75 countries.

In the last REF, City doubled the proportion of its total academic staff producing world-leading or internationally excellent research.

Led by President, Professor Sir Paul Curran, City has made signiﬁcant investments in its academic staff, its estate and its infrastructure and continues to work towards realising its vision of being a leading global university: it has recently agreed a new Vision & Strategy 2026.

The School of Arts & Social Sciences is an internationally-excellent centre of research and learning on the human condition in all its dimensions. It is a large and vibrant School with around 3,000 students (one third postgraduate) and over 250 staff in seven Departments: Economics, English, International Politics, Journalism, Music, Sociology and Psychology. The School aims to attract outstanding members of academic staff who will produce world-leading research of benefit to society; provide innovative and exciting programmes of study; and enrich the lives and enhance the career prospects of its students.

The Department of International Politics is a leading centre for research and undergraduate and postgraduate education. It has strength in three core areas of research in international relations: International Political Economy, Foreign Policy & Diplomacy and Comparative Politics. The Department hosts the City Political Economy Research Centre (CITYPERC), the Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS) and the new Centre for Modern History.

Person Specification

Applications are welcome from academics with excellent research records in any substantive, theoretical or methodological areas of Comparative Politics. The appointed Lecturers will contribute to the delivery of education on the undergraduate programme in Politics, particularly political violence, political risk analysis, US politics and political psychology.

Additional Information

City offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.